Open AccessComment on ‘Breakup of Pangaea and plate kinematics of the central Atlantic and Atlas regions’ by Antonio Schettino and Eugenio Turco
Author(s) -
Labails Cinthia,
Roest Walter R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04740.x
Subject(s) - pangaea , geology , kinematics , atlas (anatomy) , geodesy , paleontology , geophysics , physics , classical mechanics , structural basin , permian
SUMMARY Schettino and Turco recently proposed a revised model for the continental closure of Pangaea and the early opening history of the Central Atlantic Ocean based on a quantitative method, in combination with a range of geological and geophysical data. Their discussion and final results do not properly consider field data, and moreover, their analyses violate certain plate kinematic principles. The comments we offer concern in particular the estimated independent motion of the Moroccan block.